First Tenkara style flies

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First crack at the reverse style hackle.

Must admit to giving this style of hackle a few bare hook dry runs first to get the feel.
The body is brown tying thread with a few turns of natural peacock hurl behind the partridge hackle & a little nip of crystal flash to spice things up.




Second attempt.

Used a longer hackle & one more turn.
Again the body is brown tying thread but this time with a gold rib & black peacock hurl behind the partridge hackle.





Now I've gone and spoiled it! Back to the bead obesession!
Tied for a bit fun really, i'll give it a chuck & see how it fishes.

I Really enjoyed tying the above flies but i think the vice could do with a touch of wire wool.

Regards Stevie.

[custheyder]

They look great!... and you can see the rust properly now.

I like a little twinkle in the tail myself and as for beads. I'm all for them. Traditionally I think they didn't have beads simply because beads were not available. I bet they'd of used them if they could!

[orangeotter]

Good stuff Stevie,

Apparently beads were used on Italian flies many many years ago, nothing new 'eh !

[leckie]

stevie,

Your first attempt at a sakasa kebari fly .....I'm now getting an inferiority complex....they look great...let us know how you get on with them....what size of hook did you use?

tight lines

Alex

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Thanks fella's.

Alex.

I've tied them on a size 14 B175 kamasan.

How did i get on with them you ask ?. Well i blanked this evening with them on the Derwent.
I was really looking forward to hooking into a fish or two with them but i didnt even get what i could call a take!
Not to worry though it was the same story for the jig hooks too & my usual killer fly set up, so it looks like the River Derwent trout & Grayling gods aint happy with me for some reason?

Regards Stevie.

[Simon]

The flies look really good! Remember flies are designed to catch fish not the angler, our rivers are still high here and there was rain agin last night.

Simon